Hill

Hill v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n

Good Law
175 Cal. App. 2d 698·1959 Cal. App. LEXIS 1401·346 P.2d 856
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 1, 1959Civ. No. 23643California2,094 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Vallée, J.

The administrator-with-will-annexed of the estate of Edna Winnie, deceased, filed a petition to determine heirship. Notice of hearing the petition was duly given to all legatees, devisees, and heirs. Pursuant to section 1080 of the Probate Code, appellant Richard Paul Vance Hill and American Archives Association appeared and filed written statements setting forth their interests in the estate. A third statement was filed apparently by Dennis J. Winnie and Mary O. Toolin. This statement is not in the record.

The statement of appellant averred he was the only child of Paul S. Winnie, the predeceased spouse of the deceased; that the property of the estate was community or joint property of Edna and Paul Winnie; and that he was entitled to the entire estate of the deceased under section 228 of the Probate Code. The statement of American Archives Association averred that Edna Winnie died on January 11, 1957; that the estate consisted of community property only; that on January 23, 1957, appellant for a valuable consideration assigned to it a third part of his right, title, and interest in the *701 estate; and that it is entitled to one-third of all the property of deceased to which…

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